STORY: Crews with the Kansas City Fire Department rescued a woman clinging to a tree after flash floods swept through parts of the city on Monday (July 21).

According to local news reports, the rescue took place around 12:50 p.m. (1750 GMT) near West 101st Terrace, just north of Indian Creek and the Indian Creek Trail, after rising waters stranded the woman in a fast-moving current.

Firefighters launched a raft and successfully pulled her to safety.

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill issued a Flash Flood Warning for several counties in the Kansas City metro area.

Water levels in Indian Creek and nearby streams were reported to be nearing flood stage, with widespread flooding expected in multiple locations.

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VIDEO SHOWS: KANSAS CITY FIREFIGHTERS RESCUING WOMAN CLINGING TO TREE AFTER A FLASH FLOOD SWEPT THROUGH KANSAS CITY

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: A CORRECTION HAS BEEN SENT TO CHANGE THE DATE IN THE SHOTLIST AND STORY TO JULY 21 (WAS JULY 12)

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SHOWS: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES (JULY 21, 2025) (ABC AFFILIATE KMBC - No use USA. No Archive)

1. VARIOUS OF WOMAN CLINGING TO A TREE DURING FLOOD

2. KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT (KCFD) PERSONNEL PREPARING RESCUE RAFT

3. WOMAN CLINGING TO TREE

4. KCFD PERSONNEL RESCUING WOMAN

5. RESCUED WOMAN ON RAFT

6. RAFT APPROACHING THE SHORE, KCFD PERSONNEL COMING TO THE WOMAN'S AID

7. KCFD PERSONNEL HELPING THE WOMAN OFF THE RAFT / WALKING WITH HER